Maryann Lesert
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Maryann Lesert writes about people and place in equal measure. Her first novel, Base Ten (Feminist Press, 2009) followed an astrophysicist’s quest for self among Lake Michigan’s dunes and the stars. Land Marks (She Writes, 2024) is based on two years of boots-on-well-sites research on fracking in Michigan’s state forests. Her plays have been published by New Issues and in Smith & Kraus’s Best Ten Minute series. Her articles have appeared in EcoWatch and In These Times, and she is a regular presenter on art and activism. Maryann lives in west Michigan, where she teaches writing and writes by the big lake.
Maryann Lesert writes about people and place in equal measure. Her first novel, Base Ten (Feminist Press, 2009) followed an astrophysicist’s quest for self among Lake Michigan’s dunes and the stars. Land Marks (She Writes, 2024) is based on two years of boots-on-well-sites research on fracking in Michigan’s state forests. Her plays have been published by New Issues and in Smith & Kraus’s Best Ten Minute series. Her articles have appeared in EcoWatch and In These Times, and she is a regular presenter on art and activism. Maryann lives in west Michigan, where she teaches writing and writes by the big lake.
